Alcohol Can Help Sedate You Into Light Sleep

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Alcohol can help sedate you into light sleep but do you remember how REM sleep happens in the second part of the night? My mom's big insomnia trick here it is I feel like it deserves a soft drum roll okay good we're gonna call it the sleepy fancy Nancy technique. Some sample categories you can use for this alphabet game types of fruit boys names girls names gender neutral names cities snacks vacation activities clothing brands cereals items you would keep in a purse animals really anything I've done so many of these let me know what some of your sleepy fancy Nancy categories are I'm here for them next time I'm jet lagged in a wake on the wrong coast which will literally be tomorrow.

Have you listened to Part 1 yet? No? Go on, git. Here's a link to it! Go do that.

Now if you have, this Part 2 is a bonanza of problem solving from neurologist and somnologist Dr. W. Chris Winter. He'll cover: if you should be taking sleep supplements or pills, sleep talking, apnea, why sleepiness makes us hungry, narcolepsy, the difference between insomnia and sleep deprivation, how to lucid dream, the dangers of shift work and some tactics to lull yourself to dreamland without any medications. ALSO: I share a family secret: my mom's insomnia buster -- newly dubbed the "Sleepy Fancy Nancy" -- that has literally never failed me.

And I am currently spending time with my family after my dad’s emergency brain surgery a few weeks back, but put a few extra notes and updates on how we’re doing. Thanks for all the thoughts, friends.

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